Posts made by ericbc7

I have a Pacific 07 press and it was my first reloading press. It was (and is) a quality press. If you don't need the bushing style press you can't go wrong with this one!
I saved and bought it in 1983 while in high school and it was the leading edge of tech then - I was loading .222 R.E.M. On an old c type press of a family friend and this was a major step up to load my 25-06 for which I had to make cases for from mil-surp 30-06. It had plenty of leverage and caught primers decently well.

First benifit is that the primer pockets are now open and being cleaneded by tumbling media.
2nd is there is no nonsense regarding primer pin straightness
3rd is that the progressive press that you are using will not sense that the primer hole is off center and will break a pin

Ok punch the old primers out before tumbling . It should be obvious that tumbling with the pockets empty works better than with them filled with an old primer. If you use the cps you will feel the difference immediately

I have mikes jaw retainer also and it is first rate! Decap before tumbling in rice (or anything) since the press is great at keeping primer residue away from the working parts and the pockets can benifit from a bit of tumbling. Roll the recapping pin on a table top to be sure it is straight. I just realized you may be sizing and decapping in the same stroke- there are lots of benefits to decapping with a universal in a separate step.